Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy |
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| Written by | Paul Reiser Jim Hardison |
| Directed by | Ezekiel Norton |
| Voices of | Billy West Tabitha St. Germain Garry Chalk Sanders Whiting Kathy Bates |
| Composer(s) | Kevin Kliesch Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Country of origin | United States Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | Gio Corsi Barbara Zelinski |
| Editor(s) | Colin Adams |
| Running time | 47 minutes |
| Production company(s) | King Features Entertainment Mainframe Entertainment Nuance Productions |
| Distributor | Lionsgate |
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| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | November 9, 2004 |
Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy is a special computer-animated Christmas movie from 2004. It was made by Mainframe Entertainment for Lions Gate Entertainment and King Features Entertainment. This film was created to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the famous Popeye the Sailor comic strip character. The character was first created by E. C. Segar. This special movie first showed on the Fox TV channel on December 17, 2004. It was shown again on the same channel on December 30, 2005.
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Plot Summary
In this movie, Popeye goes on an exciting journey to find his dad, Poopdeck Pappy. Popeye has bad dreams that warn him his dad is in danger. Pappy had left Popeye when he was a child. Now, Popeye bravely sails out to sea to find his dad. He wants to bring him home for the Christmas holidays.
Popeye is not alone on his adventure. His friends come with him. These friends include the kind Olive Oyl, the strong Bluto, the always-hungry Wimpy, and little Swee'Pea. They all head towards the Sea of Mystery. This sea is a dangerous place, as it belongs to the evil Sea Hag.
As they travel, strange things start to happen. The group meets beautiful sirens who try to trick them. They also see scary sea serpents and sail through spooky mists. All these dangers are the Sea Hag's tricks. She wants to stop Popeye and get rid of him forever.
Voice Cast
Here are the actors who gave their voices to the characters in the movie:
- Billy West as Popeye and Poopdeck Pappy
- Tabitha St. Germain as Olive Oyl and Swee'Pea
- Garry Chalk as Bluto
- Sanders Whiting as J. Wellington Wimpy
- Kathy Bates as Siren and Sea Hag
How It Was Made
This special movie was first planned to be made using Claymation. Claymation is a type of stop-motion animation where characters are made from clay. The famous animator Will Vinton was going to make it. However, Will Vinton lost his studio in 2002 because of money problems.
After that, Mainframe Entertainment took over the project. They decided to make it using computer animation instead.
Billy West, who voiced Popeye, said that making this movie was "the hardest job I ever did." He also said that doing Popeye's voice felt "like a buzzsaw in your throat."
See also
In Spanish: El viaje de Popeye: Al rescate de Papi para niños
